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Where WilUJ JVillif Wil1i K Makes Ready ReadyHis ReadyHis
His Entrief Entrie for French Turf TurfEvents TurfEvents
Events byhleans byfeans of Which He HeHopes HeHopes
Hopes Sone S So1tze e Day to Reach the theHead theHead
Head of ofhe the he Racing World in inthe inthe inthe
the Country tou Coi4ry ry of the Gauls GaulsAn GaulsAnAmeriCt An
American Trainer and Amer American American ¬
AmeriCt ican Training Tr iningiU Methods etlzods Install Installed I Installed nstalled ¬
ed innis in is Twohundredand Twohundredandfiftya T1l1ohundredandfiftyare
fiftyare fiftya fiftyafre re farm Near the theBanJfSj theBanksj
BanJfSj I3ankS of the Seine SeineBjyDEXTBR Seinei SeineDDEXTBR
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BjyDEXTBR DDEXTBR MARSHALL MARSHALLI JIRSIlLLPOls JIRSIlLL
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Poissr4 POls PoIsmyueIne r4n1IeIne Beliie Oct L lXmeu Msieu Van Vanderbilt Vandtrbtlt
derbilt fe ave ve been ere er a good many manyyears mall mally
years y ara saId ald Id the youiig y iztt Bnsllshepeakhis BnsllshepeakhisPolssy hbl kt ktPOIu
POIu Polssy tabnmn bman who drove me out to Si SiLoulsdfcPoissy St StLoulscltPoS8
LoulsdfcPoissy y Wtttlam K Vanderbtlts Vanderbtltstraining Vandflbllttralnlnt
training headquarters iiuart near the town of ofPoiawy oCPOltlJ
Poiawy some thirtyAre miles a little to tothe toth4t
the nrfrth of west of o Paris 1 I remem remember remetmber
ber ber vire well when e come rome I was small smallboy amanboy
boy then Every year since then e have havebeen havebeen
been ere sometimes e used to come comefrom comefrom
from Paris Par1 in the train but no e come cometoot cometoot cometoot
toot toot toot in ees ee motor car carE carE carE
E does not stay much about the town townno townno
no e stay at ees place an keep busy busya bUfYtlhout
a tlhout tout ees omen es But everybody in inPcissy Inh1ssy
Pcissy an in this thl neighborhood think e eIs eIs
Is vare fine man e give much work to tothe tothe
the men of Polssy an ether tht > r places roun rounere rounerf rounere
ere Some years ago e ave employ employundred employundred employundred
undred two uadred men E is IIIwat Wat you youcall youcall YOUcall
call it 1tha1 hal right VEes Et Eea > s sat eetr eetrThe eet eetThe eetThe
The Vanderbilt farm as it is 1 some sometimes JIOIDetimes POmetimes ¬
times termed by the AngloAmerican col colonists colonists colvnIst ¬
onists in Paris is anything but a farm in inthe IntH Inthe
the ordinary sense wenee since ince nce no appreciable appreciablepirt appreeJabJefJl
pirt fJl 1rt rt of the ground within its inclosure Is Isdevoted Ioted Isdvnted
devoted oted to cultivation But it is big bignough bignough blgiough
< nough for a very resp reIIpfttabie < vtable farm either eitherin eitherin eitherIn
in France or the United States as it itrovers itoverB Iteovers
rovers overB not far from 250 acres s while its itssoil ItsoI1
soil oI1 11 Is I fertile enough to raise rnl any of the thecrops thecrops thecrops
crops which are produced on the smil smiling smiling emitlng ¬
ing hill hilldrcled circled plain around it itInstead ItInstead ItInstead
Instead of being planted to potatoes or orsown orown orcown
sown own to wheat or oats nearly all the th area areaof areatt areaof
of St IouisdePolssy is given over to toliorees toholeeS tohorees
liorees which its owner keeps kt eps > In order to toLa
carry La rry on his racing carer in France and andneither an 1 11Jtltht
neither 2 lther > r mon monl mony y nor pairs has been spared spa spardII fl flill
in II the effort to make the establishment a aniodel anlOdel ariiodel
niodel one Frenchmen nchmen and Englishmen EnglishmenUH
UH U well OB Americana agree that the at attempt ntttmpt atVmpt ¬
tempt has been n quite successful micceswfullllfrh Fucce successful111rh fu1 fu1Hlzrh
lllfrh Pence Snrrotniili It ItThe ItThe ItThe
The entire tJte farm If securely Inclosed Inclosedafter tncioso4after > J Jn1
n1 after er the manner mannerof of the French rench partly by bya bya
a high wan and partly by a stiff st hedge hedgettn hedgetln hedget
ttn t n 01 twelve feet wite that is reen reenforced refnforced reenforced ¬
forced by a wire fence Either hedge or orfence orttnce orfence
fence would be difficult to pass com combined combined cornbined ¬
bined they are practically impregnable impregnableYet bapnsubleY
Yet Y Yet > t apparently the lord of the domayi domayidoes doauI doauIdot domadoes
does not rely upon them wholly to keep keepintruders keepintrudere keepintruders
intruders out for at various vark points Iisa he hehas hehas hehas
has displayed conspicuously th the an announcement announcement announcement ¬
nouncement nouncementlet
let 11 y a des pieces a toons Ioup which whichfrely whJchfTt
frely fTt h translated means meansLook meaaLook meanLook
Look out for the wolf traps trapsvestigated tsapsSo
So tar as I know no ODe eYer ever ba8 ba baostigatEd In Investlgated
vestigated for the purpose purpo e of toarnteg JeandDcwhether leazn1i leazn1iwhether toarntegwhether
whether there are any traps tat the hedge hedgeor
or not There are no similar warnings warningson War1ngson
on the wall It is such a piece ef o IKUMM IKUMMry masiIT
ry as only Frenchmen build about nine nineftet ninefeet i ifeet
feet high of roundfinished rouadft 5hed buff stone stonecapped stonecapped stonecapped I
capped with Ith brilliantly red tiles It is so sonew eont soDew
new nt and it reflects the light so brightly brightlywhen brlchtlwhen brightlywhen
when the sun is shining that you can see seeit MeIt seeit
it plainly plaln1 from from the hills miles away in inevery ino Inevery
every o direction The newness and the thespicandspanness thespfcandlpanness thespieandsptnness
spicandspanness of the entire estab establishment establishment tab tablishmnt ¬
lishment are among the most distinguish distinguishing dtatlngulshing distinguishing ¬
ing characteristics of St 9t LouJsdePote LouJsdePotesy Lc utadePois utadePoissy
sy It fe in a region not altogether de devoid de devoid divoid ¬
void of other new buildings to be sure surebut surebut
but where moat structures are gray and andblack andblack
black with age At t Potasy P Is the second secondoldest HCOMoldf secondoIdet
oldest oldf > lt church now standing standing in all France Frances Franeesay
say St s y the people there It was bunt ht the
twelfth century and although althou portions portionsof rUons rUonsof
of it seem to have been restored it looks looksquite looksquite looksquIte
quite as old as it is supposed to be beChateau beChntenu beClintczsu
Chateau Still Unfinished UnfinishedThe UnftnhchetThe UnfinisiteelThe
The Vanderbilt training farm fw is reached reachedby reachedby reacitiby
by a sandy cart track which bleh blehfrom Jrancbes israncegfrom Jrancbesfrom
from the flue main road leading from fromPolssy fromPo fromPojas
Polssy Po to Menktn both of which wbJehare are on onthe onth onthe
the th River Seine There are two entrances e1ttraaeeaJust entrancesJust entrancesJust
Just inside the ornamental main entrance entrancestands entraaeestands entrancestands
stands the new chateau chateauue the cabman call called eal1fd called ¬
ed it a a eastlewbich eutJe 1bich Mr 1 Vanderbilt Vanderbilthas Vanderbilthas VfldSlbIlthas
has had built for a residence when he hechooses hec hechooses
chooses c h 008 to occupy It It but which is not notyet DOtJet notyet
yet quite ready read to live liv In hiWhile InWhile Inhile
While hile the owner of the place was in
France in August out t attending a the theraces theraces theraces
races at Deauville Trouvffle and other otherracing otherracfQlr oth othracing
racing centers Mrs Mn Vanderbilt was fly ¬
ing in a pretty little red r d roofed white whiteHton whitestopo Ite IteI4to
Hton I4to stopo cottage just outside the yruow yruowwalls ntlowwalls yitkwwalls
walls wallsThere wallsThere wallsThere
There are II re many who say that the train ¬
ing grounds unds at St St LoutedePoissy are arethe arethe
the finest In France
As I havent seen seenthem Menthem seenthem
them all I cannot say y whether tb this is istnie istn1e
true or not but the establishment
cer certainly certainly certainly ¬
tainly is well planned and well kept up
The satire tire inclosure is practically pra < UcaUy level leveland Jeeland leveland
and the turfed course with two long longstretches 10ngIItretehe longstretches
stretches has a circuit of a mile and a aquarter aQuarter aquarter
quarter The sand course just inside the theother theother theother
other is perhaps a hundred yards arda short shorter morter shorter ¬
er One of the stretches of the turf turfcourse turfCOUnMt
0 course is quite nre five furlongs < B in length lengthwhich lengthwhich lengthwhich
which gives a chance for a long straight straightaway stralghta straigiitawaY
away a BY dash dashThe dubThe dashThe
The turf on the outside course is kept keptIn kpptIn keptIn
In as good condition as the turf should
be on the putting greens of a firstclass firstclassgolf ftntclassgolt flrstchtssgolf
golf course cou although aJthou < h a bit longer As Asturf Asturf Asturf
turf never or rarely rarel maintains itself in inFrance inFrance
France the course ur e has to be watered wateredplentifully WateredplpnUfuUy wateredplentifully
plentifully every day water for that pur purpose purpose purpose ¬
pose being pumped from the Seine into intoa
a L water tower upon its banks bank about half halfa halfmUe
a mile from the western we tern boundary of the thefarm thetlrm thefarm
farm Within the lnelosure and mar its itseastern Itseastern Itseastern
eastern wall is another smaller
water watertower watertower at r rtower
tower which la connected with the first firstLy firstLy firstby
Ly underground undertn und pipes pipesFrench pipafrench pipesFrench
French french Ilacc Itnc on the Turf TurfAll TurfAU TurfAll
All pie the racing hi France as in 3Bng 3Bngland Bngland 1ngland
land Is is upon t POft the turf Consequently Conaque Uy the themore themore themore
more severe exercising of the horses at atSt atSt atSt
St LoutodePoissy is done upon the turf turfcourse turfcour turfcourse
course cour the inner shorter sand course coursebeing eoUI8eIng coursebeing
being Ing reserved re for the slower gallops gallopsInside pllopeIMide gallopInside
Inside fir trade there ther are twentytwo twentytwolarge twentytwolarse twentytwolarge
large paddocks In which all the horses horseson horseson horseson
on on the theplace place can be turned out at once if ifit Ifit IfIt
it is so desired desiredThere de desiredThere ired iredThere
There are stalls stal for sixtytwo horses horsesbesides horsesbtsldec horsesbesides
besides the six or ieven hacks The Thestalls Thetitalls Thestalls
stalls which are very roomy and well wellventilated wellventilated 11 11ventilated
ventilated are located in stone stables stableswith tablesWith stableswith
with thick walls alls that insure coolness m mthe In Inthe inthe
the hottest weather ever er known In the thevalley theaUy thevalley
valley aUy of the Seine The stalls for the theyearlings thejearllnp theyearlings
yearlings of which there are thirtyfive thirtyfiveare thllt7 ftve ftveare
are in what Is known as the riding ridingschool ridingschool ridingschool
school It is nearly or quite GOO feet t t long longand longand longand
and its I inclosed in 10 ed and roofedover roofed er track trackfor trackfor trackfor
for the exercising of the yearlings which whichsurrounds whichsurround whichsurrounds
surrounds the stalls Is about a rod wide wideFive w1d w1dFlye wideFive
Five times round this track makes a amile amile amile
mile mile and its short turns are aharply aharplyraised llbarplyraised barplyraised
raised on the outside outsideThere outsideThere outsideThere
There is nothing in the world appar apparently apPar apParentl apparently ¬
ently entl that William K Vanderbilt likes likesbetter Ukelbdtcr likesS
S better than to watch his horses S at work workunder workunder workunder
under the direction dl ctlon of his hi trainer Will Willlam WillIam Willlam
lam Duke For some years yp rs Duke was wasemployeed WASmployeed wnsemployeed
employeed by Sir John JoMtJnIlSb7in T4Miraiij in n Eng England England Eigbind ¬
land where he helped Judped fatnedttee lilt InIns4II Ameri American Aer1can t ¬
can tra1n1 training method met a Lwtec ilfC ilfCand fr frand 1e 1eand j
and Tad Sloan Sl n lntredao Ja fl Amertema i iins zIId zIIdlng rIG rIGing
ins Duke succeeded Hughes as trainer tlaJnerk
k
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at a t St LoutedePelssy about five years yearsago yoafSa yearsgo
ago a go The stand from which the trainer trainerand trainerand trainernd
aa and a nd the owner wah the horses at St StLouisdePotesy StLouisdePoJy St StulsdaPoimy
LouisdePotesy Lo Lori rises one story Above the theriding theriding theding
riding ri ding school and commands an unob unobstructed unobItrueted unobructed ¬
structed st ructed view of both tracks the sand aandand saudand sandnd
and a nd the turf turfBn turfHnM turf1asy
Bn HnM 1asy j to O Tell Speed SpeedEach SpoctlEach SpeedEach
Each track has posts at eighthmile eighthmileintervals elahthmlleJntJrvaJarec1 eighthmiletvalsreel
1 intervals JntJrvaJarec1 In tvalsreel red for the turf and white for forthe forthe fore
Inth
the th e sami lJhlwJtch which serve the trainer trai r in de determining de deI diermuihig ¬
I termining t the speed at which the horses horsesare horsel
l are a re going and ud he calls caJ18tor for more or lees leesspeed I II lesspeed
I speed Jlleed s as they are moving too slowly IIowl or ortoo orI oroo
st too t oo fast to suit suit by means m tn8 of f signals signalsworked na1sworked signalsorked
I worked w orked from the stand The exercising exercisingof exerd lDg lDgot
of o f course is according to the most ap approved aproved ¬
I proved p roved American practice practiceThis practiceThIa practIceThis
This Hi now accepted as desirable by bypractically byI byractically
I practically p all French racing mdn most mostof mostof mostf
of o f when have adopted it In full or in part partbut partbut partut
ob but b ut At t first they looked upon It with cau caution caui canosi ¬
i tion ti tili osi not to say alarm Even so late as asftjre asAre asye
Are li ye years 18 Mffo O there was wumucb much question questionas
as to its value as the following ollowJ para paragraph paraJotq pararaphs ¬
graph g raphs turned Into English is as she is iswrote Iswrot Isrote
wrote w rote by one of the men who do casual aaua1tranalatlon casualranslation casualtranslation
translation t for American sojourners sojoUr e18 here herewill terewill hereill
will w ill show lbo The article from which they theyare the theare ther therre
are a re taken was contributed by Jean Ro Romaine Romanse Roains
maine m mJ ains to Le Sport UaiversaUe U Illcstre for forJuly forJuly foruly
July J uly 39 50 1MB It will be noticed thai thate M MRomaine M Mi Momaine
i Romaine R found a few things to surprise surprisehim surpriseim
I him h im at St LOtttedePotesy besides the thetraining thei theaining
i training trainingAt traln1nAt tr aining ainingAt <
At the hour of our arrival be says saysthe saysthe Yl Ylthe
the work rk of the old o horses has just ju been beenfinished beenftQtaled beennished
finished fi We have before as the stable of ofthe ottbe ofhe
the t he 9 oclock hones The men are aredressed ared areressed
td v
dressed d in Moose held together by belts beltstheir belts beltsI beltsbetr
I their t betr heads covered with very broad broadstraw broadIltraw broadtraw
straw s hats ta of the entire American Corm CormbIIe form forntwhile formhile
Iltraw while w bIIe attending to their occupations giv stvI
I
VIEW OF VANDERBILTS TRAINING FARM
lag l eg us at the first step the th impression impressionthat Impre8 Impressionthat ion iontIaat
that here we are not at Chaatilly ChaatillyThe CIaaatIUybe ChandillyThe
The The Yankee lad or subordinate of the theYankee theYankee theYankee
Yankee trainer has quite a different differentbearing cwteratbearing dUfentbearing
bearing from that oT the > Enghsft Eh ft lad ladHe IdHe LedHe
He is not striving < to appear as a gentle gentleman gentleI gentleman ¬
man a ad d he entirely sportive trapping trappingnd trapplngrtad I IacecMlt
I tad nd aceovterments acecMlt IIDeD I caps serge jackets jacketsbreeches Jsektibreeches
i breeches and leggings of porkskin were werenot werei werenot I
i not found by us to be worn at St Louis LouisdePoissy LsszladePoissy I
dePoissy dePoissyContrary dePols dePoissyContrary y yContrary
Contrary to the English the Ameri Americans Americana Amidcans ¬
cans keep their hones as much as pos possible pMsible peaslIde ¬
sible In the open air and do cIonot not store storethem storethftll storethem
them all day in dark and close stalls At Atia Ata Ata
ia a distance dl8tanceTfe we see them drawn up hi bat battle battle battIe ¬
tle array like a line of cavalry One does doesnot doesnot doesnot
not give in We W take advantage of this thisincident thisincident thisIncident
incident to inform ourselves ourselvesTraining ourselvesTralnlnJ ourselvesTratnIn
Training TratnIn I 1M Practical PracticalThe IrncHcdThe PracticalThe
The purpose of the dally exercise is 13not Isnot
not only to keep the horses supple but butalso butaDo butalao
also to make their character nor more steady steadyand MeadyaDd ateadyaxed
and to get them into the habit of remain remaining 1eIIaQ1nhie sainhag ¬
hag in contact with otth their neighbors while whilethey whilethey whilethey
they are are under the orders of the starters startersWhen startersWhen ters tersWbeft
When at atJut last all have been calmed down clownorder downorder
order is given gin to break the Hue loose Joo eaacl looseand
and aacl to our surprise the entire tire troop troopstarts troopstarts troopstarts
starts at a small slow gallop m Ita one of ofthe otthe ofthe
the most picturesque but also one of otthe ofthe
the most practical mixups In the Eng EnglIeh Englisa
lisa stables leI the colts are seen in Indian Indianft1e Indianfile
file at front 76 to 150 feet one from the theother theother
other Evidently such a method is in InpIn4 Inspired
spired by fear of accidents but it offers offersthe offersthe
the Inconvenience of not preparing the thehorses thelaone8 thehorses
horses for the brutal contact with others othershi otherslit othershi
hi the race raceHere raceHere raceHere
Here it is estimated that the training UalnlngI trainingshould
I should tend Ho to 0 educate the hone with a aview aview aview
view to the hippodrome In cooseqaence cooseqaenceone qoemce qoemceone ce celone
lone one tries to give the horse during the ex exercise uerclse cxercise ¬
ercise itself tt a lesson which shall be beprofitable beprofitable beprofitable
profitable for its I training trainingIt
It is a fact that the young colts go in inplayful inplayful Inplayful
playful way but very calm well placed placedand platdand placedand
and under the full control of their riders riderswithout riderswithout riderswithout
without the least disorder d order appearing in infheir Inheir Intheir
heir close line This training exercise exercisei exerci8eand exerciseand
i and the entire light l ht work are done on the tMand thesand
sand The rapid gallons are accomplished accomplishedon
on the grass grassM graaRomaine grasst
M t Romaine describes cJe the training ex exerctee exrcl8e cxercise
erctee at wmt length 1en laying particular particularstress particularstrea particularstress
stress upon the fact that the horses are areleft areIfft areleft
left outside as long as posrfble Ie after the thework tbework thework
work is done Before their return to tothe tothe tothe
the stalls he says they are walked walkeda
a long time led 1 1 by hand under ler sievelike sievelikecoverings slevettkecoverings sievelikecoverings
coverings which are spread over the en entire enUre entire ¬
tire hone hone permitting the free access of ofair otair ofair
air to the body and protecting it from fromfiles 1roIIltiles fromflies
files From time to time the animal is isgiven Jgivt isgiven
given givt > n a mouthful of water waterGreat waterGreat waterGreat
Great Cure with Ilorscs IlorscsI
I have been bf told that this dosing of ofthe ofthe t tthe
the horse with the beverage is one of the thetricks t1aetricks thetricks
tricks proving the superiority su rlortty of the thetrainers thetrainers thetrainers
trainers I L admit my incapacity to din discuss dl dleuq dincuss ¬
cuss this question The exercise the thewalk thewalk thewalk
walk led by hand the grooming ming take at atleast atleast atleast
least three hours by b the clock he con continues continues continucs ¬
tinues with some wonder during which whichtime whichtime whichtime
time the horses remain in the open If Ifthis Itthis Ifthis
this be not sufficient they are taken out outagain outagain outagain
again in the afternoon afternoonSumming afternoonSumming afternoonSumming
Summing up with regard to American Americanmethods Americanmethods Americanmethods
methods of training M Romaine says saysthat saysthat saysthat
that that saving the rule to keep the horses horsesin horsesIn horsesin
in the open as much as possible the prin principle principle petsciple ¬
ciple seetne to be to treat each animal animalaccording animalaccordln animalaccording
according accordln < to his temperament and to vary varythe varythe varythe
the method as occasion occa lon requires requlNSRQ requlNSRQmany requlressomany so somany
many different horses so many man different differentways dIfferentways II IIwayS
ways of ofdoln doing dolngle is the way he b puts it itThte ItThis ItThin
This is true of the Vanderbilt stables to today to toda today ¬
day da under Hughes But today toda the un under under Under ¬
der trainer is an Englishman named namedPiatt namedPlatt namedPlatt
Platt and be wears the leggings of ofporkskln ofp6rkak1n ofp
porkskln p rkakln and otherwise attires himself himselfas himselrmtD
as men of his nationality and calling callinggenerally callinggenerally aJJlnggenfOra1ly
generally do He is a highly competent competentman competentman competentman
man man however He came here her with Duke Dukethe Dukethe Dukethe
the head trainer and since their th lr arrival arrivalnearly arrIvalnearly arrivalnearly
nearly all I the buildings have been re replaced replaced replaced ¬
placed by new ones new waterworks waterworksand waterworksand waterworksand
and an electric light plant have been put putin putin putin
in and the surface of the entire enclos enclosure t enclosure nclosUTe ¬
ure which formerly was undulating so sothat sothat sothat
that tli the tmeks were wert not without grades gradeshii gradesbt grades14s
hii bf been < > n oanalised and made almost as asflat ast asjilt
flat as 5 a 5 floor floorIt IoeFIt fio r rTt
It Is I In doing ail this work that the theone theone theone
one hundred sometimes two hundred hundredmen hundredmen hundrednien
men of Poissy Pol y as stated s13 by my cab cabdrivor cabdrhPT cabdriver
driver have zeve been ornpi empie3ed tpp tIeC yd by the estab estabM eatab1C estabI
M I MlitAte t and largely to toYroae toth toth
th mN aiid its en enlg
Yroae lg th m mep tse tseIf eas eastie
tie If ep hae CBrjioyafl 6c fl uI rnV local workmen workmenalso wurkmenalllO morkrnenalso
also These men and the local trades tradeso
= o 2
Once Popular French Racetrack RacetrackHas RacetrackHas RacetrackHas
Has Been Transformed by byMil byMillionaire Mil ltfillionaire
lionaire American into Estab Establishment Establishment Establishment ¬
lishment Which Has but One OneSuperior OneSuperior OneSuperior
Superior in the Country CountryEm CountryEmploys ountryEmploys Em Employs ¬
ploys an English Jockey but butIs butIs butIs
Is Not Making Money Out of ofHis ofHis ofHis
His Costly Pastime PastimeOwner PastirneOivnerlsPopular Owner Is IsPopular IsPopular
Popular with the Neighboring NeighboringPeasants N NeighboringPeasants eiglzboringPeasants
Peasants and with the French FrenchRacing FrenchRacing FrenchRacing
Racing Fraternity Fraternitymen
I men do moat of their dealing with Will Willam WJl1am Willam
am Ks secretary Rutgers Leroy Loro the theproprietor theproprIetor theproprietor
proprietor himself rarely coming In con contact contact contact ¬
tact with itn them themEmploys thanJ themIBzuploy
Employs J mplos Many Retainers RetainersIn Retnlner1ft
In the summer when the races are on onand onand onand
and the horses are away St St Loulsda LoulsdaPoisfiy LouisdePoty LoulsdePOISe
Poisfiy POISe boasts few employee but at other othertimes othertimes othertimes
times there are about thirty stable boys boysbesides bo boysbesides s sbe
besides be other otber regular employee such as asthe 83the asthe
the gardener mmer the concierge and their un underlings underUnp underlingi ¬
derlings and so on The stable boys boysinclude boysInclude boysInclude
include a few French lads from the theneighborhood thenelchborbood theneighborhood
neighborhood but there t ere are several veml Eng English Eng118hladl Englisa ¬
lisa 118hladl lads while here and there among amongthem ftmongthem amongthem
them may be seen a broad straw hat hatentirely hatentirel hatentirely
entirely entirel American Henhouse the reg regular regular regnine ¬
ular Vanderbilt jockey succeeded Rausck Rausckthe Ransckthe Ranechthe
the American last spring and Is Eng Engllsh En EnUsb EngItch
Itch llshMy
My visit to St LoulsdePotssy was wasmade wasmade wasmade
made in midsummer and in consequence
Iiittide the high hIl ivnll nl1 nt PolwsyoiiS fine nhovln showing > c double rnoe eon course nn and l new n chateau ntnn
the place was almost deserted d eerted by both bothmen bothBMft bothmen
men and horses All the racing raclA animals animalswere aBImaJawere ashnaliwere
were at the tracks the surplus stock stockhad stockhad stockhad
had all been sold o od or sent to the big Van Vanderbilt Valldtmd1t Vanderbflt ¬
derbilt breeding br dln farm at YHlebon both bothDake bothDab bothDuke
Dab the head trainer and Vanderbilt VanderbPtwere VanderbIltwere Vanderbiltwere
were absent nt and a Sabbath calm covered coveredthe covereUtIe coveredtle
the tIe place pIa both inside and outside the yel yellow rd rdlw yel15w ¬
low walls Only Platt was in attendance attendanceHis attendanceI attendanceHis
His house > ai and d Dukes whitewalled whitewalledand whitewalledand
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and redroofd like nearly all the > St StLouisdePoissy St StIMulsdcPoissy
I LouisdePoissy buildings stands near r
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Vuxfcrttlts Yan ucItriJiJt TbOts English Hider ItkHra Hidergate
a gate that is nearly a third of a mile milefurther milefurther C Cfurther
further from rota the public highway than the theentrance theentrance th C Centrance
entrance of state opening on the new newchateau newchateau ne nechateau
chateau and its gardens and green greenhouses greenhoues greenhouses ¬
houses It might be better tter to say 8ft it itdoes Itdoes II IIdoes
does not open when the proprietor is isaway Isaway is isaway
away at least it didnt open to ma but butwhat butwhat bulwhat
what I may call the Platt Gate stood stoodwide stoodwide I Iwide
wide open and bore no signs slg 1S of warning warningabout warnIn warnInabout rnlng rnlngabout
about a wolf trap while its hospitality hospitalitywas r rwas
was aB equaled quite by the smartly got gotup gotup golUp
up little English undertrainer He is as I
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proud of the place as either Vanderbilt Vanderbiltor
or or his head trainer possibly po slbly can be and andlikes andlikes andliken
likes to show the casual visitor about aboutAmid aboutAmIcI aboutAnhlil
Amid Beautiful Surroundings SurroundingsStanding SnrroundlngsStanding SurroundingsStnndIn
Standing with him In the box from fromwhich tromwhich fromwhich
which Willis K watches his horses horseswhen horseswhen horsesWhen
when th thy y are being exercised and look lookIng lookIng lookIng
Ing northward eastward and westward westwardI
I was struck with the beauty of the sur surrounding surrounding currounding ¬
j rounding section of the Seine Valley St StLoulsdePoIssy StLoulsdePol16Y St StLoulstiePOISSY
LoulsdePoIssy seemed to be sot in an anamphitheater anamphitheater anamphitheater
amphitheater of low hills on tho sides of ofwhich otwhich ofwhich
which a dozen or more villages were wereglistening weregUstenlng wereglistening
glistening in the sunshine under the thebluest thebluest thebluest
bluest of blue skies partially covered coveredwith coveredwith coveredwith
with floating white clouds One of these thesevillages thesev11ages thesevIllages
villages is Meudon distinguished in his hislifetime hislifetime hislifetime
lifetime as the horns of Zola Zola bequeathed bequeathedto
to the natlorv naUol1 by the grout writer and andnow andnow andnow
now being fitted up as a a refuge for old oldfolk ol olfolk oldfolk
folk who need assistance assistanceEvery as assistanceEvery tstance tstanceEveryone
Every Everyone one of these e villages has Its Itsqueer itsqueer Itsqueer
queer traditions dating back to the mid middle middle middie ¬
dle ages and perhaps byond At Polssy Polssyto
to the south lived Meissonler lIels onler one of the thegreater thegreater thegrester
greater French painters during the lar larger luger larger ¬
ger part of the nineteenth century His Hisstatue Hisstatue Hisstatue
statue surrounded by a square of stocky stockythickly sto stockythoky ky kytbl
thickly tbl kly leaved trees closely cllppedan cllppedanaudacious cUppodanaudaelou8 clippedanaudseiou
audacious figure of bronze I9ronzestands stands In Infront Infront infront
front of the ancient church of which the thetown thetown thetown
town Is so proud proudSt proUt proUtSt proudSt
St St LoulsdePoIssy LouI8dePol sy especially since its itsowner Itsowner Itsowner
owner has built a castle within its itswall itswall itswalls
wall k now now In the zenith of Its glory gloryand gloIJand gloryand
and this is recognized by the picture cturo pos postal postal poetal ¬
tal card publishers publl hell who have issued issuedseries 11 11series aseries
series illustrating the improvements But Butit ButIt Butit
it has a history dating back rome years yearsbefore yoorsbefore yoursbefore
before Vanderbilt got possession of It ItIt ItIt It ItIt
It was a once a public racing racln course and andfor andfor andfor
for some time it vied in popularity with withother withother 1th 1thother
other courses in the neighborhood of the theFrench theFreneh theFrench
French capital But at the beat it no nomore nomore nomore
more than held Its own and later par partially tirt1ally partinily ¬
tially because It was w so far from the thePoissy thePol thePolcay
Poissy Pol railroad station Its popularity popularitydwindled popuJarlldwindled popularitydwindled
dwindled Its receplts grew less and less lessyearly Jeuyear lessyearly
yearly year its prizes were re reduced and fin finally UnaUy finally ¬
ally it was closed CiO5O Then Jaoquae Hen
nessy took it and trained his horses bo there thereAfter thereAfter thereAfter
After him Cammille Blanc the famous famousFrench ramousFreuch famousFrench
French racing man purchased It in part partnership Jrtnenhip ¬
partI
nership with M Mode they kept It a ashort ftshort s sshort I
short time only and sold to to the present presentowner pre at atOWDC t towner
owner OWDCmitnte mitnte I5tn < e OrotrM Oro Hhqii Uiuh U qh Yenr YenrIt YenrIt YearIt
It was a much smaller place then than thannow tlanDOW thatnow
now having been added to bit by bit bitalmost bit bitaamot hisalmost
almost every year and Jbe the fact that only onlya osslia
a part of the present SO O acres is protect protected protected ¬
ed by the famous lamo bug bu stone wall may maymean JUmean ma r rmean
mean that Willie 101e K intends to add addstill aMtitl a I Istill
still titl more mo acres to his domain domainThe domainThe domainThe
The only training < quarters quaner in France Francethat JnuIeethat S Sthat
that have cost more money than Vender Vaaderbilts VIUMierbUtI Venderbi1t
bilts bi1t are those of Edmund Blanc BlaDe broth brother ¬
er of CammiUe C8lDJ 1Ue and manager of the Ca Casino Casino f fsino ¬
sino at Monte Carlo His H racing head headquarters beadqumters headquarters ¬
quarters is at St Cloud adjoining the therace Uerace tin S Srace
race track there which was bunt by bin htmoriginally C Coriginally
originally to serve as a training track trackonly trltekonly C Conly
I only It has been one of the th thit moet im important Important haportant ¬
portant race tracks tJ cks In the French Fr nch sys system system ayetern ¬
tem for some time now however r and andEdmond An AnFAmond I IFAmond
FAmond Blanc Is one of the heaviest heaviestholders Mavteetholders viee t tholders
holders of racetrack stock in the coun country COUntry t ttry ¬
try today todayThose todaTTboee todayThose
Those who should know say s that tt while whileVanderbilt whie whieVandert whil whilVanderbIlt
Vanderbilt Vandert has h spent ant 1ISI upon upn hie hietrack Al let lettrack
track near De Poissy P Blanc B has h spent snt twice twicethat twie twiethat twk S Sthat
that much at St Cloud
muh Cl Including Inluln the thepublic thepubUe th S Spublic
public stands s the track tr there th has h cost costmuch ct ctmuch coo t tmuch
much more mr than th the Vanderbilt Varl tracks tracksand tracksand
and the t same De may be said a of the train trainin trin trinIn trainlag
in In lag quarters que themselves tlve Much Muh Cty Ctyat costI costly costlyart r rart
art at tile til work wok is to be b found in some of ofthe ottbe o f fthe
the stalls stl and an other ohe parts t of the th big bigstables bg bgstbl l lstables
stables stbl at St St Cloud Cu but nothing nlfg 30 o ex extravagant e oxtravagant ¬
travagant trvagnt and ad really rly useless ul is I to be befound befoun b a afound
found foun at St S LouisdePolsey LouisdePolseyIliN LueP
Ills II Stable StR lc Not Profitable ProfitableEdmund Proftn ProfitableEdmund IJle IJleEcmU
Edmund EcmU Bl Blanc makes mke his h establishment establishmentvery ebllm nt ntver t tvery
very ver profitable pt however hwe every ever year yearVanderbilt yr yrVandelt 0 0Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Vandelt made m money mny out ot of French Frenchracing Frenchrin it itracing
racing rin for fo4 foc4he the first ftr time tisn in 1689 1 but bt ihas ihasmade ha s sme Smade
made me little ltt or o nothing ning this ti year yer To tell tellthe teUtbe tel 1 1the
the truth tIt Willie WIn K has not nt done dn so sowell a 0 0well
well this tSYr year as last J neither has hs Jay JayRansch JayRanh Ja y yRanach
Ransch Ranh the American Amrl jockey jkey who left lefthim let lethim let t thim
him last lst autumn autun after ater a bit of an argu argument arg arg I Iuilent ¬
ment uilent nt thus Ua closing cl an a engagement eggement of ofthree ofthr o f fthree
three thr years Ye Vanderbflts Vablt present Het Jockey JockeyBellhouse jkey jkeyBeJhU jockeyBellhouse
Bellhouse BeJhU the English Elb lad ld who rides ride the thehorses thehOr th e ehorses
horses hOr of other owners when not needed neededby neededb d dby
by b Vanderbilt has done very well how however how4Per however ¬
ever being second on the list of winningjockes wlnnin winning winningjockeys g gjockeys
jockeys which bears out the statement statementthat stBtemantthat it itthat
that VanderWits horses were not up to tothe tothe t 0 0the
the standard this season seasonHis 5e8IIOnHis seasonHis
His threeyearolds all failed to make makegood mAkegood tank e egood
good Second Sight which ran second secondto secondto secon d dto
to Sans Souci II in the Grand Prix de deParis deParis Ic IcParis
Paris has ha not done anything worth men mentioning mentioning I Itioning ¬
tioning since ICadijah who was In the thesecond thesecond th thsecond
second string but still gave promise promisealso promisealso promisealso
also has failed to count for much muchSchuyler muchScl1uer macISchayler
Schuyler the best Vanderbilt twoyear twoyearold two twoyostold ear earold
old and Northeast another of his two twoyearolds toyearol41s C Cyearolds
yearolds appear to be coming on very verywell veryWell ver y yWell
well however and there is reason to be C ¬
William Duke DukeYalMlerbiJt DukeYaadsrbeIt
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YalMlerbiJt Trll Trainer r At the DeautiUe Track TrackJ
J j i f ii l1 S
lIevo that that the n1u1t1mllllonalro multlmllllonalro owner ownermay ownermay ownermay
may fare better In 1SOS than t l1n he has fared faredIn tAredIn faredI
In I 1007 His H1 Malntenon and Prestige Prestigewhich PrStigewhich Prestigewhich
which were tho talk of all racing France Francelast Francelast Francelast
last year by reason of the victories they theywon theywon theYwon
won under Ranschs guidance are ar e out outof outot outof
of racing completely fqr the present presentIt
It makes little financial difference dlfC renco how however however however ¬
ever either to Vanderbilt or Blanc Blancwhether Blancwhether Blancwhether
whether they make money on the tracks tracksor
or not Blancs pockets are kept full to torepletion torepletion torepletion
repletion quite Independent of his win winnings winnlngs winnings ¬
nings or losses as a racing man by the theconstant theconstant
constant stream of money from the ut uttermost uttermost uttormost ¬
termost parts of the earth that flows flowsto fiowsto
to him by way of the great gambling re resort re resort resort ¬
sort where as the French say sayNolr sayNolr nayNolr
Nolr gagne quelquefols quelquefolsRoguo Rogue gagne gagnequlequefols gagnequlequeCols gagnequlequofols
qulequefols mals Blanc gagnb gagnti toujours toujourswhich toujourswhich toujourswhich
which means that Blanc wins some sometimes somotimes sometimes ¬
times red sometimes but white Blanc Blancwins Blancwins Blancwins
wins all the time timeNo timeNo timeio
No Danger of Bankruptcy BankruptcyThe BnnkruptcyTho BankruptcyThe
The race course at Sheepshaad Bay Baylargely BayInrgely Baylargely
largely owned by VanderblU and v his hisNew hisNew hisNew
New York Central Railroad trains trainsun trainsunlesS trainsunloss un unless ¬
less the Interstate Commerce Commission Commissionshall CommissIonshall Commissionshall
shall got after t tter thorn too hard hardwln win all allthe aUtho allthe
the time and will keep keop his pockets full fullno fuUrio fullno
no rio matter what happens In France so sothat sothat sothat
that he need not n t care the snap of his hi fin linger finger fingor ¬
ger whether his horses win on the French Frenchturf Frenchturf Frenchturf
turf or not At the most his racing losses lossescannot 10ssoseannot lossescannot
cannot possibly p0 be big enough to em embarasg embaraq emharass
harass him financially since like Keane KeaneHarry KeoneHarry KeuneHarry
Harry Payne Whitney and August Bel Belmont Belmont Bcmont
mont at home ho never bets to any anyextent aJlYextent apyextent
extent worth mentioning But it is said saidthat saJdtbat saidthat
that hfe does care a lot lotthat that he is pretty prettysore prottysore prettysore
sore over dyer the failure of his stable to cut cutmuch cutmuch cutmuch
much ice tills year yearIt YeArIt yearIt
It should be understood however that thatVanderbilt thatVanderbilt thatVanderbilt
Vanderbilt stands very ef high as a racing racingman racingman racingman
man In France notwithstanding his rath rather rather rathor ¬
er poor luck this season There was a atime IUme atIme
time before his horses began to win winwbon winwhen
when Frenchmen refused to take him himany himany himany
any more seriously than they the take most mostAmericans mostAmericans mostAmericans
Americans Americans whether rich or or otherwise otherwisebut otherwisebut otherwisebut
but now it Is different His costly costlybreeding costlybreedIng costlybreeding
breeding farm has not turned out any anygreat anygroat anygroat
groat horses us yet but his Prestige Pre tJg oar oarrlGa oarries ar arrlos
rlos an unbeaten unbetencert1ftCllt certificate despite his hisbreakdown blsbr hisbreakdown
breakdown br llkdown and had beaten the best bestFrench be bestFrench t tFrench
French horses before being withdrawn withdrawnbocause wlthdrawnbecause withdrawnbecause
because of lameness lamenessWinners JamenMLVlnner lamenessWinners
Winners Vlnner in Ills String StringThe StringThe StringThe
The last time Prestige ran in 180S 1 OO he hewas heWItS hewas
was so much of ofa a favorite that there therewas thereWI1S therewas
was no betting against him and the themoney themoney themoney
money wagered upon him at a the booths boothswas boothsWAS boothswas
was returned after fter the race was over overVanderbllts overYanderbllt overVanderbilts
Vanderbllts Yanderbllt Malntenon has the distinc distinction dl dintineLion tine tinetIon ¬
tion of having won the largest amount amountof amoURtor
of stake money won by any one on colt coltsince coatsince coltsince
since racing racl began In France Fraace1OWD Fraace1OWDfrancs 861O 861Otrancs KWO KWOfrancs
francs or JJWOW 100 IWO last year as a three threeyearold thr thryearohl threeyearold
yearold and this season as a fouryear fouryearold four fouryearold ar arold
old He began this season In fine form formI fonnwlnnlngtbe formwinning
I winning wlnnlngtbe the Prix Bogene AdamMJM AdamMJMj AdUI6S AdUI6Sfrancsand da datranc
j francs francsand and nd several other events but buti buttb bUtthen
i then tb n want lame lameNeither lameN lameNeither
Neither N fttber of these fine M stallions has lost losthis 10 losthis t thIs
his value u however Both have been sent sentto sentt
to t t < the Vanderbilt breeding farm at VIle Villebon VIII8bon VIlebun
bon where It is hoped they will beget begetIIts
IIts < > lts and fillies worthy of their sires that thatshall thatsh thatshall
shall sh lI wl win innumerable races for the only
Vanderbilt turf devotee WIllie It I has hasspent hasp hasepent
spent p nt much money at Vlllebon VJU bon maintain maintaining IftIlIntalnng maintaineg ¬
ing ng 100 highbred brood mares there thereIn thereIn thereIn
In France as in InAmerka America Willie K I Kos
has os the name of getting more real fun funout tunout I Iout
out of racing than any other rich rl h man manalive manaUe I Ialive
alive and of taking defeat with the same samesmile amesmile sam C Csmile
smile with which he he welcomes victory
It Isnt supposed that he knows as much muchabout mucha misc miscabout
about a bout horses as the men he hires lalrea and It ItIs JtJ8 11 11is
Is true that he is vastly better at rail railroading raiIroad1n railreadingwhich ¬
roading road1n readingwhich which he hates hateatJaaA than at horse horsemanship oorwmanshlp horsemanshlp ¬
manshlp which he admires adn rea so much But L
be knows how ho to select good horsemen horsemenas borsem borsemas I Ias
as well as expert railroad men men and per perhaps perhaps ¬
haps one on day he may realize his ambi ambition amOlUon ambition ¬
tion to stand at the head of the French Frenchturf Frearhturt I Iturf
turf He is the only onl American probably probablywho probablywho probablywho
who could be a a member of the French C
Jockey Club if ha chose chose which h 1M in a
doesnt doesntOowrigbt doesntCoirlb
deesnt1Is
Oowrigbt Coirlb UK by Dccter liaafcaU liaafcaUSSSULT uM1LRESULT iacila1lRESULT
RESULT OF TWOCENT FABEOhio FAREOhio FARE PAREOhio
Ohio Railroads Doing Larger Bnnl BnnlneflH DulnC1lH Ilusins
neflH Under Xetv ew Law LarrPfe Lawu LawThe LurePisa
Pfe Pisa the ItaMoa TniwrtpC TniwrtpCThe TamaMThe
The Ohio Railroad Commuwion COIIua has ba been beenstudying beeaudtac hen ci cistudying
studying udtac the effect of the 2 cents a mile milerat Dd1eraw ml S Srate
rat raw on the revenues of the railroads of ofthat ofthat o othat
that State and finds that as a a whole they theyhave theyhave the thehave
have made money JD n under its operation operationgroup A Agroup Agroup
group of ten short roads of limited IImIW passen passenger 1JUHrger passenger ¬
ger facilities report looses amounting to toabout toabout ti tiabout
about 6Mtt > but the
other lines report an anincrease anIncrease al alIncrease
increase of J1JI24S2 I13I2 t for the fiscal uses year yearending yearencJtng yea r rending
ending June M Considering the theYOlume theYOlumeof volume volumeof e eof
of Ute passenger business of the Ohio Ohiorailroads OhioraUrOa4Ia Ohi 0 0railroads
railroads the increase I creue is smell I81I but its ex existence exIstence cxistence ¬
istence proves that those managers wh whprophesied he heprol 0 0prophesied
prophesied prol M8l4d that the 3ceat cest rate could couldnot couldnot ct ii iinot
not b be maintained without Inflicting losses losseson l0i5eon S Sthe
on the whole system were W re mistaken mistakenMore mtstakeR1Iore I IMore
More people have ridden on the cars carssimply earssbnply cars8tmp1
simply because more have been able to toafford to81Iord t 0 0afford
afford It It In one respect Ohio is better betteradapted betterada r radapted
adapted ada tett to the success of the experiment experimentthan experimentthan it itthan
than many man of the States which have de decreed de decreed e ethat ¬
creed that railroads shall carry people pIe for torcenta to r rcents
3 cents a mile without regard to profit profitTUT t tur
TUT ur loss Ohio claims 192 l inhabitants to tothe tothe t 0 0the
the square mile and with tt comparatively I
few regions that do not contribute pas passenger pusenger ps I Isenger ¬
senger business It has at least four fourcities tourclUes foci focicities
cities of more than 100009 inhabitants inhabitantswhich Jnhabltantswhich inhabitantswhich
which means considerable suburban busi business business I Iflees ¬
ness nessStates nessStates fleesStates
States with a sparse population would woulddo woulddo d ddo
do well to remember that they are with without without I Iout ¬
out the one condition which has prevent prevented prevented prevenied ¬
ed Ohios rate from being conflscatory conJIscatorbUt
but in these days da s of frenzied regulation regulationthis regulAtion regulAtionthis gnlntlo gnlntlothis
this consideration is not U1 > kly ly to exert exertmuch exertmuch exec t tmuch
much Influence The 2cont cont rate has hasgone basgone ha S Sgone
gone into effect in Kansas this week and andthree andthree an ci cithree
three of the groat gro t systems have given givenprompt givenprompt give a aprompt
prompt obedience to it it while the others otherswill otherswill other S Swill
will generally follow suit rather than thanforce thanforce tha n nforce
force a collision with public opinion opinionKansas opinionK8nsu opiniocKansas
Kansas had In 1900 only IS Inhabitants to tothe tothe t tthe
the square mile and no city of 99000 99000population 000 000population O 10 10population
population hence Its law may have re results re results re I Isuits ¬
sults very different from those of the theOhio theOhio Ui e eOhio
Ohio statute Three cents a mile has hashitherto hashitherto he s shitherto
hitherto peen been the prevailing Kansas rate rateDEMOCRACY rateDEMOCRAOY 5 5DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRACY OF OWNERSHIP OWNERSHIPBat
But an Oligarchy of Control In Cor Corporate Corporate Geeporate ¬
porate Undertakings UndertakingsFrom
From the Wall wali Shut Journal JournalThe J JcurmlThee t tThe
The government of American commerce commerceis
is a democracy of ownership and an oli oligarchy oligarchy ol olgarchy 1e 1eis ¬
garchy of control The great problem of ofto f ftoday
today to da Is how to lessen the power of the theoligarchy Uleoligarchy Ui ie ieoligarchy
oligarchy by b increasing the interest the thepower thepower tI I Ipower
power and Id the sense of responsibility of ofthe ofthe S Sthe
the democracy democracyPut democrac democracPut democracyPut
Put this thought Into other words It Itappears Itappesrs Ftappears
appears that the ownership of the Ameri American American 1 1can ¬
can corporations corpordUons is widespread Literally Literallymillions Literallymillions Literall ly lymillions y
millions of our people are stockholders in inthem inthem I a athem 11
them and even more millions are indi indirectly Indlrectl lnd i irectly ¬
rectly rectl partners In their profits through the theinsurance thejnsurnnco tI ce ceInsurance e
insurance companies and savings banks banksBut banksBut S SBut
But the majority of stockholders exercise exerciselittle ex rch ie ielittle e
Ilittle little or no power of control They The are arequite arequite at e Cquite
quite content to receive their dividends dividendsand dividendsand dtvldent is isand s
and say nothing They The are like Uk the citizen citizenwho citizenwho citizt a awho n
who Is content to take whatever govern government govornment 1 1ment ¬
ment is provided for him by b nation State Stateor Stateor Stat S Sor
or city and never ever goes to the polls to cast casta ca et eta 1
a vote for better conditions conditionsThe conditionsTho conditionsThe
The great corporations are managed by bydirectors bydirectors 1 1directors
directors nominally elected by b stockhold stockholders I Ierr ¬
ers although In reality representing In Ingeneral Ingpneral Ingeneral 1
general some one aggressive interest interestwhich Interestwhich lnter St Stwhich t
which Is able to control the annual elec elections elections ole 5 5tiers ¬
tions by means of proxies Just as the thepractical thepractical ti ce cepractical e
practical politician Is able ordinarily to torun torun i toiun
run tho primaries and conventions convantlonsIn
In the main these directors are able ablehonest nblehonest abl a ahonest > t
honest administrators who conduct the af affairs affairs a C Cfairs ¬
fairs of the companies in the best Inter Interest Interest inte r rOct ¬
est of the stockholders Sometimes how however however ho hoever ¬
ever the directors are more concerned In Inmaking Inmnking Inmaking n
making speculative profits for themselves themselvesthat themsolvosthat is isthat s
that In establishing dividends for the theStockholders thestockhQlders tI a estockholders
Stockholders StockholdersIn
In QVory G 1ryboard board of directors titers are ar artyg a atwo rq Q
tyg two RF ortbrQe l ei mn p ybo domInttt t Wi all th eu eur a eftr
ftr r i Z Z
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Marias Midnight Lectures LecturesLECTURE LecturesIt
It
i LECTURE NO NO9 9
What do I care who won the game gameYou gameYou gamel gamelYou
You neednt tell me Job that youve youvebeen Youvebeen
been down watching the bulletin In Infront Infront inront
front f ront of The Washington Herald office officethe office officethe
the t he game was over long long ago leastways leastwaysunless leastwnysunless
unless theyve taken to playing by lec lectric ee eetric
tric light for here It Is nearly 12 12oclock 12oclock
oclock and me not able to sleep be because because ¬
cause of my carbuncle You thought a acarbuncle aenrbuncle
carbuncle was r a musical Instrument Instrumentwell Instr instrthnentwell ment mentweU
well it Isnt and I wish to goodness goodnessyou goodnessyou
you had this one 0 mine maybe m be youd youdstay youdstay
stay home nights I tell you Job you youJust youjust youjust
Just add to my troubles heres Emily Emilybeen Emilyboen
been and put her foot through her best bestpetticoat bestpet bestpetticoat
petticoat pet t and little Haley got Into a aflght afight afIght
fight with that Phillips boy next door doorand doorand
and how hes going to Sunday school schoolwith schoolwith schoolwith
with a scratch on his nose and a a black blackeyes blackeyes blackeyes
eyes moren I can see seeWho seeWho seeWho
Who was it won the game I dont dontremember dontremember dontremember
remember which is the Tigers and which whichIs whichIs whichIs
Is the Cubs do you Oh well It doesnt doesntmatter doesntnatter doesntmatter
matter natter I suppose jest sos they keep keeptheir keeptheir keeptheir
their eye on the ball My but Im Imgetting Imgetting Imgetting
getting efficient in that baseball slang slangTalking slangTalking slangTalking
Talking about Tigers Job Ive been beenreading beenroodlng boonreading
reading all about that hunting trip of ofMr ofMr ofMr
Mr Roosevelts Seems to be wher wherever wherever wherever ¬
ever he goes that mans a hero I road roadas roadas
as 5 how Just as everybody was all out of ofmeat ormeAt ofmeat
meat down at the camp they thO relied on onhint onhim onhim
i him and he goes right out and shoots shootsdeer shootsa
a deer for the men I aint hoard that thathes thatbe thatheg
hes be got any bear yet et but It aint be because because because ¬
cause they the are no boar cause cau o they theysaid theysaJd theysaid
said last week that the guides had hadseven hadseven hadseven
seven young ones all picked out and andpenned andpenned andpetaled
penned up for him I think the reason reasonhe reasonhe reasonhe
he aint shot no bear Is because of what whatDrXong whatDr whatDrLdng
DrXong Dr Long said about naturefaking told tohlhim tolc1him toldhint
him he couldnt have his bear and eat eatIt eatIt eatit
It too or something like that thatpretty thatprettyeky thatprettycheeky pretty prettyeheeky
cheeky I call It It But then the Presi President President President ¬
dent hadnt oughter oughtel1to to have called him hima hima
a nature n ture faker you never can tell tellwhats tellwbat tellwhate
whats wbat true and whats not about ant animals anlDMlbr antmali ¬
mali malsi
DMlbrAro
i Aro you ou listening Job I was say sayIng SftyIng soylag
Ing that truths stranger than fiction fictionsometimes fictionsomeUm fictionsometimes
sometimes someUm C5 now theres my m uncle Dab Dabney Dabny Dabney
ney Stoop I remember onet he was wasAshing wasfiahing wasfishing
fishing out at Broad Bro d Ripple near In Indianapolis IndlnapoJls Indianapolls ¬
dianapolis and he caught a turtle turtle and andJust andjust andfast
Just for fun he started to cut his name nameon D8meon nameon
on its shell He cut the D all right rightand rightand rightand
and had just finished the 5 when the theturtle Uteturtle theturtle
turtle btthjni Im and 3 he threw it over overboard overboard overboard ¬
board Next Sunday Sundayhe he only went fish fishing fishing fishlag ¬
ing on Sundays he was a paperhanger paperhangerthe paperhangerthe
the rest of the week weekhe he went fishing fishingagain fisblngagain fishingagain
again and be caught the same turtle turtleand turtleud turtleand
and on its back was the name Dabney DabneyStoop DabneyStoop DabneyStoop
Stoop all spelled out I suppose if ifyoud Ityoud Ifyoud
youd put that in a book theyd say it itwas Itwas Itwas
was nature faking but I know it was wastrue wastrue wastrue
true cause Uncle Un < la Dabney Dabe brought the theturtle theturtle theturtle
turtle home homeDM homeDId homeDId
DId you Ou notice Job that the Luc LucTaaMr LucyTanner Lucy LucyTanner
Tanner has been making more time timeaeroet ttmerotR timeacroet
aeroet rotR the ocean She SR covered co od the thedistance UtedtataJICe thedistance
distance of 3705 L7 miles two furlongs furlongsand turlongslid furloageand
and seventeen feet in four days as six sixteen stxteen utxteen ¬
teen hours three minutes and a quar quarter quarter quartar ¬
ter and the German steamers are just justwild just11hl jestabout
wild about It It Lucy Tanner b beat at the theDanschunds theDu6ehWl theDenechunds
Danschunds s time but I dent see how howa AoWboat
a a boat named mid after one q o them themsquasbedOut them8qUasbedout theistSqUasledout
squasbedOut dogs could run at all allfast aUta allfast
fast fast t do you But the best thing about aboutthe aboutthe abectthe
the Lucy Tanners feat f f1tthougk though I dont dentthink dontthink dontthink
think Rs quite polite to talk about abouthec aboutbel aboutbet
bet feet feetwas was that she made all this thistime thisUaM thistines
time and only on1 fourteen of the stokers stokerswent stokerst etokorswent
went t crazy era with the heat this time timeSay timeSay timeSay
Say Job do you ou notice whats hap happened tappe Imppined ¬
pined pe ed to t the Peace Conference 1 Since Sincethem SIncethem Sincethem
them baseball games started we aint aintheard AIntbeanl aintanything
heard anything about it It have we and andas andII andfor
as for the fighting in Morocco why whythere whythere whyuere
there might just as well not be any anySeems anySeems anySeems
Seems to me those European people peopleneed peopleneed peopleneed
need some press agents like Mr r Fair Fairbanks Falraka Fairbanks
banks aka has Why a mothers meeting meetingin mootingIn
in this eountryd get more space In the thepapers thepapers thepapers
papers than the Peace Conferences Conferencesgetting Conferencesgetting Conferencesgetting
getting gettingI
I see that a group o sanitary sanitaryscientists 58nl1Oetl sanitaryscientists
scientists etl ts is going g lng to investigate PIUs Pittsburg Plttsburg PIUsburg
burg with a view of getting th place placefumigated placefumigated placefumigated
fumigated I should think It needs it itWhy It Itbr itWhy
Why br I read re d as how a father out there thereturned thereturned thereturned
turned his thirtyflveyearokl daugh daughter daughter daughter ¬
ter over o er his knee and gave ga e her a spank spankIng spanklag spanklag
lag Theres some of those million millionaires mtllkmires minionaires ¬
aires Ott thered be the better for fora forados a adoee adose
dos of the same kind Im thinking thinkingIsnt tank1ngIsnt thinkingSilt
Isnt Silt It wonderful how Mr Tafts Taftsboom Taftsoom Taftsboom
boom seems sms to be abooming and he heso hefar beso
so far away out of the country Even Eventhe EyentM Bysathe
the < Chinese out there are cheering him himthough himthougb himthough
though its pity they aint got no votes votesbut VBtesbut votesbet
but I see that Penobscot Me and andTerre andTerre andTerre
Terre Haute both have declared for forhim forhim forhint
him What is a a straw vote v te anyway anywayJob an anywayJob wa waJob
Job I never could understand lt ltunless It Itunless Itunless
unless its like the game we used to toplay toplay toplay
play when we were kids pulling straws strawsIf strawsIf strawsthat
If that were so I should think Mr MrFairbanks lIrFalrlNlnks MrFairbanks
Fairbanks d have lUlV the longest straw strawall strawaU strawall
all the time timeWe timee timeWe
We e got another bill from the oil oilman 011man oilman
man this afternoon Job and I wish wishyoud wishyoud wishyoud
youd pay it If not theyll soon be becharging becharging becharging
charging interest The Standard Oil OilCompanys 011Companys OilCompanys
Companys in a bad fix to o my m W8 way o othinking othinking othinking
thinking AH their money mone seems to die dteappear dlsapDMr dieappear
appear so fast Theres that man S P PTrainor PTrainor PTrainer
Trainor The books show that they theylent theylent theylent
lent him twenty twent million dollars doUnrsr and he hesays he5ftS C Che
says he never got It It and as for that thatfine thatfine thaifine
fine of Judge Landis I havent heard heardthat hoordthat L Lthat
that anybodys seen anything of that thatyet thatJet thaiyet
yet This business of lighting your yourhouse yourhouse yourhouse
house Is getting to be terrible and andnow andnow an annow
now I see that the tax assessors are aregoing aregoing C Cgoing
going to sell the gas companys meters metersfor matersfor C Cfor
for taxes I think that would be foolr foolrIsh tool toolIsh foollab
Ish Who wants to buy a gas meter meterIm metorIm r rIm
Im sure I dont The one weve got gotIn gotIn gelin
j In the cellar dont belong to us usIt If It Itdid Itdid ii iidid
did what with the way wa it registers up upon upon uron
on us Id throw it Into the street If Ifthey Ifthey II IIthey
they are agolng to sell em I hope hoperest hoperest hoperest
rest These two or three master spirits spirItsar spirit s sare 3
are ar frequently Interested In other corpora corporo1Ions I Itions
tlons and it develops that by means of ofdirectorships ofdirectorships c ef efdirectorships
directorships a small group of men are areablo at C Cable 2
able absolutely to control billions of prop property property proserty
erty of which they the actually own only an anInfinitesimal a aInfinitesimal
Infinitesimal amount nmountBy amountBy
By degrees there has grown up an 611 611garchy 61 I Igarchy
garchy of directors directorsperhaps perhaps fifty or sev se seentyfive seentyfive
entyfive men all told toldwho who virtually con control control cartrol
trol the 2000Q00Qeeo of corporate wealth wealthrepresented wenlthrepresented wealt wealtrepresented
represented In the New York Stock Ex Exchange Exchange Th C Cchange
change This is the oligarchy of capital capitalwhIch eapits ti tiwhich 1
which makes the financial concentration concentrationof fl flof i
of today toda appear so dangerous dangerousFavors dangerousFaor dangerousFavors
Favors tile < lie Big Stick SUe SUeFrom StickFrom
From the New Ortamc TimesDemocrat T TimesDemocratSecretary Democrat DemocratSecretary
Secretary Taft it Is said was Instructed Instructednot Instructednot id idnot
not to broach the matter of a new new nei treaty treatywith treat y ywith P
with the Japanese but to consider any anyproposition anyproposition an iv ivproposition 7
proposition that might be made to him himIt himIt his it itIs
It is said be has been approached n proached on the thesubject thesubject tI so sosubject 8
subject by high officials and has already alreadyhad alreadyhad alrend L
had conferences on the subject and will willhave wlilhae WI WIhave
have an audience with the Emperor Emperorthe If Ifthe
the change of the attitude of ofJapan Japan wat w wr08lIy we Lt Ltreally
really caused by b the coming comingcruise cruise of the thebattJesblp tt ttbattleship
battleship Heat 11 et to the Pacific Pacltlc it simply simplyindicates simplyIndicates simpl simplIndicates
indicates what has always boon known knowntht r rthat
that those nations will be berspcctad respected which whloIwake whic whicnake
wake jmake nake thonlselves respected respect respecti V
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they t come hare and sell olI ours first It Itd Itd Itd
d be a blessing to got it out of the thehouse thehouse theouse
house houseAnd houseAnd h ouse ouseAnd
And you ou darent d nt fool with those me meters me meters raeers ¬
ters t ers either no matter how fast they theyrun theyrun theyun
run r un I remember Bageley Stations had hada hada hadson
a son who was fixing to be b an engineer engineerand engIneerand engineernd
and a nd he was always monkeying with ma machinery machinery mahinery ¬
chinery c When their gas meter got Cut Cutof ut utor utf
of o f order young Ejtetfons totrens disconnected the thegas thegas thegas
gas pipe and connected It it with the wa water water waer ¬
ter t er hydrant Then when he turned on onthe onthe onhe
the t he water it made the meter run back backward bckward backward ¬
ward and In about an hour according accordingto
to t o the meters registration It bad gone goneso goneso goneso
so far backward that it looked as if the thegas thegas thegas
gas company owed the Steffenses about abouttwenty abouttwenty aboutwenty
twenty t dollars Bageley thought It was wasso WIISso wasso
so smart ho went down to the office officeand offlceand officeand
and tried to collect it hed forgotten forgottenthat 10lgottenthat forgottenthat
that the gas company and the water watercompany watercompany watercompany
company was in cahoots together and andafter andntter andafter
after they investigated InV Inveet1gatedthe sUgAted the problem they theywanted theywanted theywanted
wanted to charge him so much for extra extrawater extrawater extrawater
water used that he had to put a mort mortgage mortgage inertgage ¬
gage op o his bars I tell you 00 youve ouve got gotto gotto gotto
to get up early to o beat a gas company companyDid companDid companyDid
Did you notice about another of them themNew tJtemNew themNow
New York girls getting married to an anEnglish anEnglsh anEngllsh
English lord I think Its It plumb silly sillydont lObdont sillydont
dont you If our little Emily gets over overthe overthe overthe
the mumps all right and her hair comes cemesback eume8bftck comesback
back in where it fell eli out after the tn scar scarlot acarlot scarlot
lot fever and them freckles she ha hadont hadont hafi hafidont
dont stay with her when shes growed growedup growedup growedup
up I expect shell be a right pretty girl girlBut girlBut girlBut
But Ill bet you she dont marry none of ofthem ofthem ofthem
them English lords with their tededah tededahways IdedahWSS ladedahways
ways and there is I not no one of em thats thatsgot tutsgot thatsgot
got a trade I hope Emily takes after afterlittle Afterlittle afterlittle
little Haley Hale that childs too smart for forany forany forany
any use He wrote a real historical historicalpoem hIMorlcalpoem historicalp081st
poem at school today to ay and teacher sent sentit RntIt sentit
it home to me It goes goesOk goalOil goesOhwbatbiusesuesim
Ok Ohwbatbiusesuesim xtaa U tile A WM fIrtK fm
We NdMd si UM BrftMi DtitIIW Na NaW II IIWI
W WI BeM dn enes Mill Millwen MB MBWell enWell
Well thats all I can remember of ofit otIt ofIt
it It last but it was just great Job JM and 1Id I Ihopo I1topo Ihope
hope youll remember to bring Haley Haleyhomo Haleyhomo Haleyborne
homo a sack of peanut candy eJM1 candythats candythatsthe thats thatsthe thatsthe
the kind I like beet IJe t myself HI and law lawknows lawknows lawknows
knows I atat had a taste o V cj candy dy for forever forever forover
ever so long longYou longYou longYou
You know knowJob Job that I dont bold with withyou1 withod withyod
you1 you1avtotating od avtotating the coaadence of the thenuptial thenuptial thenuptial
nuptial chamber as they call it It and andtelling andtelling andtelling
telling what I have to say 1 about affairs affairsto arcalrsto affairsto
to The Washington Herald bat if you youhad youhad youhad
had to do it Fm glad its The Herald HeraldI
I see it celebrated its first birthday last lastweek lastweek lastweek
week and was IIS as a proud as Punch about aboutIt ltMoutt shoutIt
It It t too like everybody is about their theirfirst theirfirst theirfirst
first baby a year yea old Do you re remember remember remember ¬
member when little Haley had 41 hi hifirst his hisfirst blstlrst
first birthday You Invited Mort Woods Woodsdown Woodsdown Woodsdossn
down to help you 01I celebrate and you had hadsuch badsuch hadsuch
such a headache the next morning mornt g I Ihad Ihad Ibad
had to use all the lee ia the icebox on onyour onOUr onyOur
your OUr head and my butter an got spoiled spoiledOh spoiledOh soolledOh
Oh but youve been a a reckJes man Job JobWhat JobWhat JobWhat
What are you OU yawning about about Job JobWant Jobant JobWant
Want ant to go to sleep I wisht to heaven heavenyoud heavenyoud yen yenyoud
youd get some intelligence Job But Butits Butts ButIts
its always the way W8 whenever I try to toimprove toImrove toImprove
improve your mind by keeping you up upto upto upto
to date about the large affairs of the theworld theworld theworld
world you Ou get sleepy I see theyve e ar arranged arranged arranged ¬
ranged to have hAv another performance of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Thaw trial in I December just to tomake tomake tomake
make the Christmas holidays bright I Isuppose I5Upp068 Isuppose
suppose They are only goto going to call caU3ft call3G4
394 expets this time and if they Ute cant cantprove cantprove cantprove
prove Thaw insane Jn ane why nobody BO can canI canI canI
I only hope J01I you wont spend your yournights yournlgbts yournights
nights as you did before 1H reading all allthat anthat allthat
that stuff It aint literature literature Job Job and andyoud andoud andyoud
youd oud be much better Improving your yourmind Ourmind yourmind
mind with EHa Wheeler Witoex or orBetty orBett orBetty
Betty Bett Bradean BradeanI
I havent heard much about bout the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican
American fleet recently reeentlybaYe have you 08eC yosexcepting 08eCcepUng ex excepting ¬
cepting that another ship went ashore ashoresomewhere uboresomewhere ashoresomewhere
somewhere I expect exv t they Just did it itfor itfor Itfor
for advertising perhaps Secretary Secre Met Metcalf Metcalf Metcalf
calf thinks people ought to pay pai more moreattention moreattention moreattention
attention to him I cant make head or ortail ortall ortail
tail out of this suit against Secretary SecretaryMetcalf SecretaryIetC SecretaryMetcalf
Metcalf IetC lf can you Scouts Seet S to me like likethey Ukethey likethey
they wouldnt let him In some of the theNew theNew theNew
New York theaters and he seed em emand emand emand
and lost the suit Fd rdrd heard there was wassome wassome wassome
some complaint about sailors ia uniform uniformgoing valtormgoing uniformgoing
going Into public places but I had no noidea noideo noides
idea It extended to the Secretary Seere ary of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Navy NIL Not him Another MetcalfOh MetcalfOh Metcalf MetcalfOh
Oh well what does it matter He was waskept waskept waskept
kept out of the theaters anyway By Bythe Bythe Bythe
the by b talking about sailors and ships shipsand shipsand shipsand
and things I hear that the American Americanmerchant Americanmerehallt Americanmerchant
merchant marine is showing a decided decidedincrease decidedincreAsethats decidedincreneethts
increase increAsethats thats what hat the papers say sayI sa saI sayI
I suppose theyve theYY1 built a couple more morebugeyes morebugeyes morebugeyes
bugeyes and a tugboat on the Potomac PotomacI
I expect well hear something star startling startling startling ¬
tling In financial circles pretty soon I Isee Isee Isee
see that Mr Fish has started off to toChicago toChicago toChicago
Chicago looking looJ iog for Mr Harriman I Ihope 1hope Ihope
hope it wont cause another panic if ifho Itho ifho
ho finds him dont you Ou Job Every Everytime Everytime Everytime
time they the have a panic prices go up upand upand upand
and Emilys just got ot to have some me new newclothes newclothes newclothes
clothes this winter her stockings stoc1Jn s are areall areaU areall
all getting too small focher poor child childAnd eblldAnd childAnd
And groceries are getting dearer too tooall tooaU tooall
all except those patent breakfast foods foodsand foodsand foodsand
and little Haley Hale got a mouthful of one oneof oneot oneof
of them the other morning and like to tohave tJhave tohave
have choked to death before I could couldbrush eouldbrush couldbrush
brush It out out1 I had to take a whisk whtekbroom wht whiskbroom k kbroom
broom to the stuff And I notice now nowthat nowthnt nowthat
that theres to tobe be a combine of tabasco tabascosauce tb88cosauco tabascosauce
sauce makersi makers so the price of that hot hotstuff hotsturr hotstuff
stuff will go up too Not that I care careabout careabout careabout
about it It Ive never tried It since sI the thenight thenight thenight
night your brother Dick was as here on a avisit 8181t aiit
visit 181t and put about a teaspoonful teaspoonfulp of it iton Iton Iton
on an oyster and it burned him ad that thathevbit thatlIe thate
hevbit lIe e bit the oyster shell in half and andruined andruined andruined
ruined his teeth teethJob teethJob teethJob
Job Job Is that a light down stairs stairsDid stairsDid stairsDid
Did you ou leave l ve the gas burning in the thefront thefront thefront
front parlor No you know you are not notnslodp notasleep notasleep
asleep go down and turn it out Dont Dontpretend Dontpretend Dontpretend
pretend to snore now Oh what brutes brutesyou Bnttesou brutesyou
you ou men are I suppose e Ill have to go godown godown godown
down myself and maybe theres bur burglars burglnrs hurglare ¬
glare too toowhere where In the world oriel ana my myslippers mysUppers myslippers
slippers sUppersIntnthrntlon slippersImmigration
Immigration antI Labor Market MarketFran MarketFran InrketFl1KI1
Fran the Baltimore BaltimoreFor Yeas XtwaFor YeasFor
For one thing immigration furnishes furatshesmlgrntoo a amigratory
migratory labor supply coming when it is iswanted Iswanted Iswanted
wanted and going when it ItIs is not wanted wantedThis wllntedThis wantedThis
This feature of the situation is becoming becomingmore becomingmorc becomingmore
more and more marked In times of bust business buatness bustness
ness retrenchment and slackening of in industrial industrinJ Industrini ¬
dustrial activity there is a great ebb in inthe Inthe Inthe
the flUe of Immigration Outgoing ves vessels yeseels
sels carry loads of steerage passengers pIIMeDtrswho passengerswho
who are going back to their th r own coun country countr country ¬
try tr because employment in this country countryhas countryhns countryhas
has ceased to be brisk This gives the thelabor theInbor thelabor
labor market an elasticity which whl l It does doesnot doesnot doesnot
not possess in European countries where wheredull wheredull here heredult
dull times throw upon the community communalmass a amass
j mass of unemployed nemplo ed whose condition is isan isan
an acutely distressing social problem problemTfcte IJnJblemTblssltuatfon prpblemTUIs
Tfcte Tblssltuatfon situation periodically occurs In Eng England Bagland
land while our country is less exposed exposedto
to It than any other t tDnlm eBalm
Balm for Some Railroads RailroadsFJW Rnl1roadtJiIWI Rnllroadntiteston
tJiIWI FJW tl tteston Heston Herald HeraldPresident HerakLPrestdent HeraldPresident
President Hills despair over th the des desporate desporato denpotato <
potato plight of the railroads continues continuesto continueto continueebe
to be relieved by b axtra QXhdhi dividends oc1sThel oc1sThele They Theyare Theyare
are a great e t balm flJ for fertIle ri the onpressaai PtII
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